Miguel Manzano

Miguel Manzano

Born: September 16, 1907
Died: January 21, 1992
in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
Miguel Manzano was a Mexican actor during the Golden Age of Mexican cinema, winning an Ariel Award in 1985, for best supporting actor for the film Las glorias del gran Púas.

Movies for Miguel Manzano...

Lucky Break
Title: Lucky Break
Released: January 1, 1992
Type: Movie
A bureaucrat gets a house and even a car on credit thanks to the support of a compadre who is a union leader, but then has difficulty paying because he is fired in a job cut despite the many years he has been working.
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El inocente y las pecadoras
Title: El inocente y las pecadoras
Released: February 1, 1990
Type: Movie
An altar boy goes to the city and finds himself in raunchy situations.
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Title: Yo compro esa mujer
Character: Diego Álvarez
Released: January 29, 1990
Type: TV
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Violación
Title: Violación
Character: Abogado
Released: February 16, 1989
Type: Movie
In Mexico City, a woman is raped every 9 minutes. This film details some of the legal and social problems in the country and how it's often difficult for women to find justice. Awarded Best Film by Mexican Cinema Journalists and nominated for three Ariel Awards.
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Night of Vultures
Title: Night of Vultures
Released: December 1, 1988
Type: Movie
Mexican horror-crime-type film, with a group of young people going on a brutal rape and home-invasion-killing crime spree and filming their escapades with a camcorder as it happens.
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El vergonzoso
Title: El vergonzoso
Released: November 16, 1988
Type: Movie
Softcore sex-farce about a guy with a really big lump in his underpants...and all the women who flock to him.
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La ruletera
Title: La ruletera
Released: April 5, 1987
Type: Movie
Comical misadventures: lady taxi-driver + doofus policemen.
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El cafre
Title: El cafre
Character: Don Matías
Released: March 20, 1986
Type: Movie
Trucker accepts an assignment to haul an extremely dangerous load of explosives from Tijuana to Mexico City.
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Title: Tú o Nadie
Character: Daniel Samaniego
Released: February 11, 1985
Type: TV
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La Pulquería Ataca de Nuevo
Title: La Pulquería Ataca de Nuevo
Character: Don Chucho
Released: January 1, 1985
Type: Movie
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The Glories of the Great Púas
Title: The Glories of the Great Púas
Released: March 1, 1984
Type: Movie
Journalist becomes a member of a boxing champion's entourage to write a book about the boxer's career.
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Lola the Truck Driver
Title: Lola the Truck Driver
Released: June 20, 1983
Type: Movie
Lola finds herself into the world of violence and drug trafficking when her father is murdered for refusing to put his truck to the service of a powerful cartel, with protections at high police levels. Knowing the local officials will not serve out justice, she takes matters into her own hands. Armed with a machine gun, she'll attempt to get revenge by her own hands - but the enemy has more firepower than her.
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Teatro Follies
Title: Teatro Follies
Released: March 10, 1983
Type: Movie
Young dancer joins the cast of a musical-comedy production, falls in love with young comic actor.
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Mi Abuelo, Mi Perro y Yo
Title: Mi Abuelo, Mi Perro y Yo
Released: January 1, 1983
Type: Movie
Mexican feature film
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Burdel
Title: Burdel
Character: Don Regino
Released: September 3, 1982
Type: Movie
(AKA: Ratero 2 or Cada quien su madre.) Innocent man forced to hide from the police, ends up taking refuge in a brothel.
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Ángela Morante, ¿crimen o suicidio?
Title: Ángela Morante, ¿crimen o suicidio?
Released: October 1, 1981
Type: Movie
Reporter investigating an actress' death gains an overview of her whole biography.
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El mil usos
Title: El mil usos
Released: April 26, 1981
Type: Movie
The tragic adventures of a illiterate man named "Milusos" who leaves his family & hometown to go to the big city and try to better his luck. And finds he's unprepared for what he encounters.
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Las grandes aguas
Title: Las grandes aguas
Character: Doctor Urbiola
Released: December 4, 1980
Type: Movie
Public-works engineer entrusted with a big project faces problems in his home life and conflicts with a corrupt local businessman.
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El fayuquero
Title: El fayuquero
Released: July 5, 1979
Type: Movie
Well, there's a guy that runs a stall at A Swap Meet, and... um... I forget.
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El ministro y yo
Title: El ministro y yo
Character: Don Antonio, señor ministro
Released: July 1, 1976
Type: Movie
Mateo Melgarejo is a notary public and scribe for the illiterate people of Santo Domingo, a neighborhood north of Mexico City's Zócalo. A squatter friend asks for his help in negotiating with the land census bureau to regularize a land title. After a great deal of frustration with the government bureaucracy, he writes a letter to the cabinet minister, earning an audience with him. The minister hires Melgarejo to reform the bureau, and the appointee proceeds to lecture the officials on their duties in a democratic society. At the end, he gives up the post, returning to Santo Domingo to help its poor residents.
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Simon Blanco
Title: Simon Blanco
Character: Don Pablo Rentería
Released: March 16, 1975
Type: Movie
The peasant and revolutionary Zapatista Simon Blanco still in arms but Zapata is dead. Simon with his lieutenant Andres visits his mother and his girlfriend in his hometown. The cacique Onesimo and his brother, the commissioner Martial put ambushes but he eludes them.
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...Y la mujer hizo al hombre
Title: ...Y la mujer hizo al hombre
Released: January 1, 1975
Type: Movie
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El primer amor
Title: El primer amor
Released: January 9, 1974
Type: Movie
Seminary students interrupts his studies for a final vacation in the real world and finds it difficult to break his worldly bonds in preparation for the pristhood.
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Diamantes, Oro y Amor
Title: Diamantes, Oro y Amor
Released: June 28, 1973
Type: Movie
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Title: Muchacha italiana viene a casarse
Character: Vicente
Released: June 10, 1971
Type: TV
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Quinto patio
Title: Quinto patio
Character: Don Roberto Monroy
Released: March 9, 1970
Type: Movie
Ramon is a guy who lives in a neighborhood, in the " fifth courtyard " in urban poverty. Nevertheless, aspires to the love of the daughter of his employer, a woman of another social class.
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El bastardo
Title: El bastardo
Character: Doctor Velarde
Released: January 1, 1968
Type: Movie
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Your Excellency
Title: Your Excellency
Character: Don Serafín Templado, secretario
Released: May 3, 1967
Type: Movie
Lopitos, who is horribly inefficient but quick-witted, is invited (because of the current ambassador's superstition about 13 sitting down to a meal) to a banquet attended by the ambassadors of both superpowers. After the news of a series of coups d'état in Los Cocos arrives throughout the meal, Lopitos becomes the official ambassador. At a summit of world leaders, the representatives of the two world superpowers court the allegiances of third-world diplomats to tilt the balance of global power in their favor. The last diplomat to remain unaligned, Lopitos instead harangues the superpowers for infringing on the rights of developing countries to self determination, talking to them with his point of view as a citizen not as ambassador because he arranged his demise as ambassador one day before his speech.
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The Clutching Hand
Title: The Clutching Hand
Character: Inspector Saldivar
Released: May 20, 1966
Type: Movie
Two wrestling stars must investigate strange deaths and a secret criminal organization led by a madman who becomes invisible.
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El charro Negro contra la banda del cuervo
Title: El charro Negro contra la banda del cuervo
Released: September 6, 1963
Type: Movie
Masked hero on horseback,. number 1 of short-lived series.
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La muerte en el desfiladero
Title: La muerte en el desfiladero
Released: April 5, 1963
Type: Movie
Masked horseman avenges the deaths of family members and resolves questions about a contested inheritance. One of four in a series ("Relampago").
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This was Pedro Infante
Title: This was Pedro Infante
Character: Miguel Manzano
Released: January 1, 1963
Type: Movie
The life of Pedro Infante, with scenes from his best films and the chaos that his tragic death caused in the public.
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El asaltacaminos
Title: El asaltacaminos
Released: October 26, 1962
Type: Movie
Young man puts on the Black Mask Of Vengeance to solve some tangled legal problems concerning a contested inheritance and several murdered family members. It took him four feature-length movies to do it. (Series: "El Relampago.")
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Camino de la horca
Title: Camino de la horca
Released: October 11, 1962
Type: Movie
Gloomy, fatalistic grown-up western.
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Los cinco halcones
Title: Los cinco halcones
Released: March 1, 1962
Type: Movie
Five cowboy avengers avenging. Cowboyishly.
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The Happy Musketeers
Title: The Happy Musketeers
Released: November 28, 1961
Type: Movie
The Big Bad Wolf and the Stinky Little Skunk from the Caperucita Roja movies in their final adventure, as swashbuckling 17th century swordsmen in a king's service.
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Los Jóvenes
Title: Los Jóvenes
Character: Don Fernando, papá de Alicia
Released: September 28, 1961
Type: Movie
A gang member is attracted to a beautiful young woman, but approaching her only causes problems that will be difficult to solve.
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El analfabeto
Title: El analfabeto
Character: Don Fermín
Released: September 7, 1961
Type: Movie
Inocencio Prieto y Calvo receives a letter telling him he is the heir to his uncle's fortune of two million pesos. Not being able to read he has no idea of who sent the letter or its content. So he goes to the drugstore because the pharmacist can read the letter to him. But while waiting to be helped he sees that a young girl can read. He figures he has to be able to discover the letter's content by himself and decides he will save the letter and go to school, and wait to read the letter on his own.
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Ay Chabela...!
Title: Ay Chabela...!
Released: June 22, 1961
Type: Movie
Two guys fight over two girls, ranchera style.
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Ellas también son rebeldes
Title: Ellas también son rebeldes
Character: Don Rafael Elizondo
Released: April 20, 1961
Type: Movie
The discovery of a young woman murdered in her car triggers unrelated problems among a diverse group of people.
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En carne propia
Title: En carne propia
Character: Señor Noreña
Released: February 23, 1961
Type: Movie
Rookie reporter and his publisher's daughter get caught up in a bizarre crime/traffic accident noir dilemma.
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Amor en la sombra
Title: Amor en la sombra
Character: Don Alberto
Released: November 24, 1960
Type: Movie
A daughter who idolizes her father discovers, just before he dies, that he was leading a double life and had a hidden lover.
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Miracle Roses
Title: Miracle Roses
Released: August 18, 1960
Type: Movie
Before the Spanish Conquest, an Aztec princess does the Romeo and Juliet thing with the Prince of a neighboring tribe. Sixty years later, a colonized subject has visions of the Virgin Mary.
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Impaciencia del corazón
Title: Impaciencia del corazón
Released: August 7, 1960
Type: Movie
Young army officer gets involved with two sisters; one of them's a chronic invalid and her family has protected and sheltered her from all possible harm with such smothering care that she's a spoiled, petulant bag of temper tantrums. She forms a big ol' crush on the dashing lieutenant, and everyone involved goes completely nuts and makes an infinite number of bad decisions in the wake of her pouting and her crying jags and her passive-aggressive crap.
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Quinceañera
Title: Quinceañera
Character: Ramón Jiménez, Leonor's father
Released: June 9, 1960
Type: Movie
María Antonia, Beatriz and Leonor are three classmates who are anxiously awaiting the celebration of their 15th birthday. However, each of them will have to cope with their complicated personal situation.
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Herencia trágica
Title: Herencia trágica
Released: June 2, 1960
Type: Movie
Masked horseman avenges the deaths of family members and resolves questions about a contested inheritance. One of four in a series ("Relampago").
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Los tigres del ring
Title: Los tigres del ring
Released: March 30, 1960
Type: Movie
Crooked promoter has a secret weapon who goes around beating fighters to death after their matches if they aren't in line with his rigging schedule. Part one of two.
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La Cucaracha
Title: La Cucaracha
Character: Gabriel Fuentes
Released: November 12, 1959
Type: Movie
The Mexican Revolution serves as a backdrop to a torrid love triangle composed of three freedom fighters: a colonel, a widow, and a fiery female soldier.
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Two Ghosts and a Girl
Title: Two Ghosts and a Girl
Character: Jefe de los bandidos
Released: October 22, 1959
Type: Movie
Two ghosts who died in a turn-of-the-century duel and now haunt a theater attempt to help a girl who's in danger from bank robbers.
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Gutierritos
Title: Gutierritos
Character: Señor Martínez
Released: September 9, 1959
Type: Movie
Timid, browbeaten salaryman becomes famous author overnight.
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El puma
Title: El puma
Released: September 9, 1959
Type: Movie
Son of a ranching family returns home after studying in the city for a law degree. He sides with the peons in a labor dispute and his father disowns him; he sets up a law office in another town. First of three movies in a masked-avenger series.
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Thirst for Love
Title: Thirst for Love
Character: Señor Cura
Released: August 29, 1959
Type: Movie
Rosaura, a devout religious woman, lives in a fishing village with her sister María who stopped believing in God since her jealous husband was murdered. Even though Rosaura is wanted by the fisherman José, she rejects him. Pedro, a horseman, arrives at her place and begins to harass María until he manages to possess her. The man is a criminal who usually cheats with fishermen and hurts those who dare to confront him with his ax. When the evildoer tries to abuse Rosaura, José, the fisherman, does what is necessary to avenge the insult. Furthermore, other men are already looking for Pedro.
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Los hijos ajenos
Title: Los hijos ajenos
Released: August 13, 1959
Type: Movie
Young widower wants a new mommy for his preschool daughter. So to speak.
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The Vivanco Ladies
Title: The Vivanco Ladies
Character: Eleuterio Covarrubias
Released: April 9, 1959
Type: Movie
Two women of lesser descent are dedicated to stealing to support their brother's daughter.
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El derecho a la vida
Title: El derecho a la vida
Character: José
Released: January 22, 1959
Type: Movie
Four interlocking stories about pregnancy all intersecting in an obstetrician's office.
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The Smile of the Virgin
Title: The Smile of the Virgin
Released: December 4, 1958
Type: Movie
Marita, a charming little girl, lives in the country with her grandmother. Her best friend is a modest servant, Anselmo, who almost everyday takes the girl to visit the church known as "Guadalupe's Basilica", an important cathedral in Mexico City, where she discovers Virgin Guadalupe and the legend about her apparitions in that place. Marita doesn't behave properly in school, and her teacher always has a punishment for the girl. She doesn't like school, and she doesn't want to return to school anymore. Besides, Marita's worried about her animals, like a cow who doesn't produce milk. The girl asks many miracles of Virgin Guadalupe, one of them is to not have to go to school. During a visit to the Basilica, Marita hears the Virgin's voice, and this could be the beginning of a responsible life for the girl, like to study and to be a good child.
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El jinete negro
Title: El jinete negro
Character: Don Inocencio
Released: November 22, 1958
Type: Movie
Masked horseman avenges the deaths of family members and resolves questions about a contested inheritance. One of four in a series ("Relampago").
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El hombre que me gusta
Title: El hombre que me gusta
Released: November 13, 1958
Type: Movie
A man facing bankruptcy and ruin rehearses a couple of scenarios relating to suicide, until his family convinces him he's worth more alive than dead.
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Ladrones de niños
Title: Ladrones de niños
Character: Javier
Released: July 17, 1958
Type: Movie
Kidnapping band has a system set up to transport infants and older children to black-market adoptive parents in the USA.
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Music of Always
Title: Music of Always
Released: July 17, 1958
Type: Movie
Producer, director and projectionist watch an assortment of musical numbers and brainstorm about framing narrative that could contain them all.
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Cuatro copas
Title: Cuatro copas
Released: April 2, 1958
Type: Movie
Upper-crust city gal falls for a rough-edged working-class guy, so she follows him to his home town and masquerades as a peasant/Indian local to win him over. All very stalky and classist.
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Pretty sky!
Title: Pretty sky!
Released: November 25, 1957
Type: Movie
Revolutionist and Army General compete for a woman
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Furias desatadas
Title: Furias desatadas
Released: June 26, 1957
Type: Movie
College student enters the pro wrestling circuit, hoping to find out who killed his father. Third of four in a series.
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Pepito as del volante
Title: Pepito as del volante
Character: Don Francisco Cabrero (Don Paco)
Released: June 20, 1957
Type: Movie
Pepito's father dies in rollover the Ferrari that is winning a race car, so Pepito is about his grandfather and asks him to equip a car to get him to compete.
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Each child, a cross
Title: Each child, a cross
Character: Don José
Released: May 9, 1957
Type: Movie
Empty nest syndrome, #1388.
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Backstage
Title: Backstage
Released: May 2, 1957
Type: Movie
The story of a famous singer who reaches the highest position in the world of varieties, but is forced to cede her throne to the young star of the moment, repeating the same situation that she starred in in her youth.
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El ratón
Title: El ratón
Released: February 14, 1957
Type: Movie
Amateur boxer turns pro, dealing meanwhile with an eventful personal life.
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La mujer de dos caras
Title: La mujer de dos caras
Character: Comandante
Released: February 13, 1957
Type: Movie
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Dos diablitos en apuros
Title: Dos diablitos en apuros
Released: January 17, 1957
Type: Movie
Two kids embark on far-fetched desperate schemes to prevent their parents from divorcing.
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This Was Pancho Villa: First chapter
Title: This Was Pancho Villa: First chapter
Character: Col. Triana
Released: January 1, 1957
Type: Movie
The disembodied head of Pancho Villa, kept in a glass jar in a research institute, is the narrator of several short stories from his own life, stories that might or might not have happened but are the stuff of legend.
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Diabolical Kidnapping
Title: Diabolical Kidnapping
Released: January 1, 1957
Type: Movie
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The Hidden One
Title: The Hidden One
Character: Don Chente
Released: June 9, 1956
Type: Movie
Judging by the number of times it has shown up on Spanish-language cable TV, La escondida is one of the most popular and best beloved of the Maria Felix vehicles. The star runs the emotional gamut as Gabriela, who rises from the depths of poverty to the heights of Mexican society as a much-sought-after courtesan. Eventually, however, Gabriela proves that she is still true to her peasant heritage by casting her lot with the rebels in the 1916 Mexican civil war. Pedro Armendariz co-stars as Felipe, the charismatic rebel leader who wins Gabriela's heart - and inadvertently causes her downfall. La escondida is stunningly photographed by the late, great Gabriel Figueroa.
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The Road of Life
Title: The Road of Life
Character: Pedro Romero
Released: March 14, 1956
Type: Movie
The story focuses in on three young boys who, arrested by the authorities, await sentencing in Mexico City's Juvenile Court. One boy has killed his stepfather to protect his mother; the second boy has been goaded into blinding his chief tormentor; and the third resorts to stealing to support his family.
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La mujer ajena
Title: La mujer ajena
Released: October 26, 1955
Type: Movie
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El seductor
Title: El seductor
Character: Diputado Gómez
Released: September 29, 1955
Type: Movie
A young artist's affair with a married woman destroys her family. Twenty-odd years later, her two daughters fall into his orbit.
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Drop the Curtain
Title: Drop the Curtain
Character: Peralta
Released: August 31, 1955
Type: Movie
Cantinflas, who owns a cleaning business, cleans the windows of the house of a famous French actress. While carrying out his work he observes how a man steals one of the famous actress necklaces, but he can only see his back.
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Padre contra hijo
Title: Padre contra hijo
Character: Señor cura
Released: August 23, 1955
Type: Movie
Eloisa works hard, sewing, to his son Juan de Dios. He learns that he is the bastard son of Cecilio, who owns almost a whole town named: San Juan de Dios, Durango.
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Las engañadas
Title: Las engañadas
Character: Andrés
Released: August 10, 1955
Type: Movie
Irresponsible playboy seduces a decent young lady with a fake wedding; he continues being a creep for the next 12 or 15 years.
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¡Qué bravas son las costeñas!
Title: ¡Qué bravas son las costeñas!
Released: June 2, 1955
Type: Movie
Mexican-American playboy anchors his yacht offshore of a Veracruz fishing village and chases skirts in town.
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María la Voz
Title: María la Voz
Character: Tránsito, Andrés' brother
Released: April 16, 1955
Type: Movie
A small-town woman with psychic sensitivities gets tangled up in the blood-feud between two families and in a romantic rivalry with her best friend.
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X Murderer
Title: X Murderer
Character: Fiscal
Released: March 18, 1955
Type: Movie
A murderer turns himself to the police, but claims amnesia and insists he's unable to tell them anything about his crime.
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Chucho el Roto
Title: Chucho el Roto
Released: September 16, 1954
Type: Movie
Humble craftsman runs afoul of a rich girl's father and ends up in prison; the ill-fated romance has repercussions over the course of twenty-odd years and ultimately drives him to a life of crime.
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The River and Death
Title: The River and Death
Character: Don Anselmo
Released: August 22, 1954
Type: Movie
A useless and bloody vendetta has been going on for ages between two families in this Mexican village. Men, sons, have killed each other for generations, for a so-called conception of honor in a revenge that never ends since it is also triggered by people of the village. Now, today, there are only two sons left, one in each family. One has become a doctor in the big city and his culture is modern. The other last one - of the other family - hasn't left the village and is waiting for the doctor to come "home" as he plans to kill him, to settle this war on this matter of honor once and for all. And the people of the village want blood.
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Illusion Travels by Streetcar
Title: Illusion Travels by Streetcar
Character: Don Manuel
Released: March 10, 1954
Type: Movie
Confronted with the unfortunate news that their favorite Streetcar, no. 133, is going to be decommissioned, two Municipal Transit workers get drunk and decide to "take 'er for one last spin," as it were. Unfortunately, the "one last spin" ends up being an all-night and all-day scramble to stay out of trouble, as they are confronted with situation after sometimes bizarre situation that prevents them from returning the "borrowed" Streetcar!
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Un minuto de bondad
Title: Un minuto de bondad
Released: February 25, 1954
Type: Movie
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The Magnificent Beast
Title: The Magnificent Beast
Character: Benjamín Aguilar
Released: May 22, 1953
Type: Movie
The Magnificent Beast (Free Fight) is a 1953 Mexican film. It was directed by Chano Urueta. The first film of the Luchadores genre.
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El bombero atómico
Title: El bombero atómico
Character: Jefe bomberos
Released: September 10, 1952
Type: Movie
Cantinflas is a clumsy fireman, who one day receives the visit of his little goddaughter, whose mother recently died in the jungle. After having work in a few fires, Cantinflas decided to quit and become a policeman, because is less dangerous. Everything goes well until a gang of gangsters kidnap the girl, because of a monetary inheritance.
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A Woman Without Love
Title: A Woman Without Love
Character: Doctor
Released: July 30, 1952
Type: Movie
After indulging in an affair with a man (a friend of the family) she truly loves, a woman returns to her young son and husband for good, and loses contact with the man. Her husband is unaware of the affair. Twenty years later, there is news that the friend has died and left all of his money to the younger son in the family, which leads us to question this younger son's biological origin.
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Viajera
Title: Viajera
Character: El Danzón
Released: March 13, 1952
Type: Movie
Music teacher gets all tangled up with a nightclub singer, after seeing his students ogling her advertisements.
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Kill Me Because I'm Dying!!!
Title: Kill Me Because I'm Dying!!!
Released: December 21, 1951
Type: Movie
Tin Tan falls in love with a young woman who does not love him, but when he wins the lottery she changes her mind.
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Engagement ring
Title: Engagement ring
Released: November 1, 1951
Type: Movie
Newlyweds struggle with career issues and poverty.
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Women's prison
Title: Women's prison
Character: Doctor
Released: September 28, 1951
Type: Movie
Evangelina murders her lover Alberto. In prison she meets Dora, Alberto's girlfriend, who was deprived of her freedom for his illicit business. An interesting story is about to be woven.
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Menores de edad
Title: Menores de edad
Character: Doctor José Quintero
Released: September 13, 1951
Type: Movie
Late-teens girl is trapped into masquerading as a 12 year old. Wacky complications.
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My General's Wives
Title: My General's Wives
Character: Col. Domingo Vargas
Released: July 13, 1951
Type: Movie
The encounter with an old lover puts a revolutionary general in great danger of death.
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They Say I'm a Communist
Title: They Say I'm a Communist
Character: Macario Carrola
Released: July 12, 1951
Type: Movie
A worker overwhelmed by the economic crisis and the cost of living is accidentally propaganda of a political party, apparently from left, who convinces him to join their ranks and defending the working class. After entering through a ritual as mysterious as typical, you will realize demagoguery and arrangements existing between union leaders to maintain the status quo unchanged and profit from mafia practices.
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Todos son mis hijos!...
Title: Todos son mis hijos!...
Released: March 23, 1951
Type: Movie
Good son takes the blame for father's peculations and goes off to work in the rain forest to pay off Pops' debt. Meanwhile, daughter and bad son neglect their aging parents, whose fortunes decline precipitously.
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Apartment house
Title: Apartment house
Released: February 8, 1951
Type: Movie
Personal dramas among the residents of an apartment house.
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Rural captain
Title: Rural captain
Released: January 20, 1951
Type: Movie
Idealistic young police officer deals with corruption in local government.
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Sentenciado a muerte
Title: Sentenciado a muerte
Released: January 1, 1951
Type: Movie
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Aventurera
Title: Aventurera
Character: El Rana
Released: October 18, 1950
Type: Movie
Left alone after her mother runs off with another man and her father kills himself, Elena attempts to make a new life for herself in a new city. Believing he's a friend, Elena goes to dinner with "Pretty Boy" Lucio, but he drugs her champagne and sells her to Rosaura, who runs a brothel out of her nightclub. Elena becomes a sensation as a dancer, but all the while she nurtures plans of revenge against those who have conspired against her.
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Las dos huerfanitas
Title: Las dos huerfanitas
Released: October 18, 1950
Type: Movie
Two young girls escape from an orphanage to go look for their mommies.
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La loca de la casa
Title: La loca de la casa
Character: Señor Pradera
Released: October 6, 1950
Type: Movie
Novice nun returns to her parent's home to save the family fortune by marrying a creditor.
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Over the Waves
Title: Over the Waves
Character: Juan de Dios
Released: September 13, 1950
Type: Movie
The life of the musician Juventino Rosas, who despite his talent lived an existence of misfortune and poverty.
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Perdida
Title: Perdida
Character: Sobrino
Released: June 3, 1950
Type: Movie
Her stepfather rapes her and she runs away to home. After that, she's exploited by a series of men, and...
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Confidencias de un ruletero
Title: Confidencias de un ruletero
Character: Compadre de Sanchitos (uncredited)
Released: November 16, 1949
Type: Movie
Taxi driver takes the wrong passenger at the wrong time and gets caught up in a murder investigation.
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Las puertas del presidio
Title: Las puertas del presidio
Character: Don Fernando Loja
Released: October 11, 1949
Type: Movie
Unscrupulous boss frames an employee for a robbery so he can make time with the guy's sister.
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Hay lugar para... dos
Title: Hay lugar para... dos
Released: October 5, 1949
Type: Movie
Union-organizing and labor/management conflicts among Mexico City bus-drivers. Sequel to "Esquina, Bajan!"
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El Mago
Title: El Mago
Character: Serafín
Released: May 4, 1949
Type: Movie
A slapstick fantasy of the amorous adventures of a magician a la Cantinflas.
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You the Rich
Title: You the Rich
Character: Manuel de la Colina y Bárcena
Released: December 31, 1948
Type: Movie
Pepe el Toro is married to Celia la Chorreada and they have two children.
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La norteña de mis amores
Title: La norteña de mis amores
Released: December 25, 1948
Type: Movie
Child whose father was murdered grows up and seeks revenge, also falling in love with a new victim of the same bad guy.
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The Cockfighter
Title: The Cockfighter
Released: October 27, 1948
Type: Movie
In Michoacan in the 1920s, Gabriel, a young farmer and champion cockfighter, finds himself in violent opposition to Roman, who not only wants to beat Gabriel's fighting cock, but to steal Gabriel's wife Rosa.
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Revancha
Title: Revancha
Character: El Gillet
Released: September 15, 1948
Type: Movie
A man steals to buy medicine for his sick mother but when she dies he gets into drug trafficking at a local cabaret.
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El Supersabio
Title: El Supersabio
Character: Reportero (uncredited)
Released: September 4, 1948
Type: Movie
Cantinflas is the apprentice of a renowned scientist, Prof. Arquimides Monteagudo (Carlos Martinez Baena). But Cantinflas has the soul of a poet rather than a serious researcher, and he wants to find the formula that achieves the immortality of the roses. Nevertheless, after the death of Prof. Monteagudo, Cantinflas will be chased by a ferocious corporative group, who wants to steal the secret formula of a cheaper fuel named "carburex", because they think that our friend is the only person who knows the composition
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Dos de la vida airada
Title: Dos de la vida airada
Released: April 8, 1948
Type: Movie
Comical misadventures of two goofballs looking for work.
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El nieto del Zorro
Title: El nieto del Zorro
Released: March 26, 1948
Type: Movie
Two strolling players are mistaken for locally-famous bandit. Also, a young lady's inheritance is at stake.
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Those Who Came Back
Title: Those Who Came Back
Character: Miguel Anzorena (uncredited)
Released: January 21, 1948
Type: Movie
A small disparate group of people are aboard a multi-day, multi-stop flight from Mexico City to Buenos Aires.
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Get Off at the Next Corner!
Title: Get Off at the Next Corner!
Character: Axcaná González
Released: January 2, 1948
Type: Movie
Driver Gregorio del Prado and fare collector Regalito were suspended for deviating from their route to impress a young woman named Cholita.
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El superhombre
Title: El superhombre
Released: January 1, 1946
Type: Movie
1946 Mexican film directed by Chano Urueta.
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Cuando quiere un mexicano
Title: Cuando quiere un mexicano
Released: August 10, 1944
Type: Movie
Argentine woman stranded in plane-crash, falls for Mexican plantation-owner.
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Viejo nido
Title: Viejo nido
Released: January 1, 1944
Type: Movie
Mexican movie
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Jesus of Nazareth
Title: Jesus of Nazareth
Character: San Juan Bautista
Released: March 26, 1942
Type: Movie
The biblical story of The Messiah from his baptism through his crucifixion.
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El milagro de Cristo
Title: El milagro de Cristo
Released: February 27, 1941
Type: Movie
A 1941 Mexican film.
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La madrina del diablo
Title: La madrina del diablo
Released: September 9, 1937
Type: Movie
Set in the 1820s; an unhappy love affair and some family problems drive a young gentleman to banditry.